Ratchet



- 4. 1,519,595 192 F. H. SOVEREIGN RATCHET Filed NOV. 27, 1922 ll 1 I mimunm 14 mm LAHJ i a. 1 R itknown that LEM a'-"eitize'n of the Uniwesmm land an which'the following 7 atesc'to improvements ratohets and the-likewlierein anaetuating.

' 'ditofrotatefabody when" 1 member is ar Y member 6 whereby t turned one pendently rotatable when op provide an improved ratchet; s. p

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isaspeeifierttionQ 1 My invention re irec tion and" to be indqr 'te direetion.

" Another objeetis tofprovide-an device-of the characterdescribed ordin'g increased stre handdurability.

-. A further ob eet is w provide-an pm eonstruction'designedto givea positive eon-1. neetion which cannot {slip is a 'p1ied.- A sti further-object is toprovide animif proved eonstruetion whi'ehfimay be easily made and-assembled "andQ hieh will afiord I aneomplis'h these other objects by means of thedevieediselosed inthe drawings forming a part of the present specification "j w and. drawings n .whioh 'like charaeters of reference are used to designate fimilar parts I "throughout said speeifieation and drawmgs,

andjin which: v 7 v 1 Fig; 1 is a'broken side elevation partly in sectionof my improved ratchet;

i Fig.*2 isa broken plan view of-the a t in member. r I s ig. 3 is a broken side-elevation of the ratchet in an" 'invertedposition showing the application to an objeet'to be turned.

F-i 4 is a adi erent means for Connecting the body to 1 an objeot'to be turned. a

Fig. 5' ea side elevation partly in. section Hofthe body;

"Fig." 6is a broken lon itudinal section of the actuating inember;

Fig. 7 is a broken plan view of the. ratchet as shown'in Fig-. 1. I Referrin "tothedrawings the numeral '1- is used to estiinate in general the body portion of a re 7 et, said body having a plurality' of spiral teeth 2 formed thereon. -An actuating member 3 'is' mounted upon the body 1 and arranged for 'slidingand rotative plurality of spiral movement thereon. A

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,the member 6;

broken side elevation showing 'tion' is prevented when a member 3' to eornespond withfthe' teethfi of the'body." T 5;: A j A member 6-is'sli'dablylmounted within an axial'recessZ-formed inthe provided-with extending v laterally actuatingxmember 3. spring 11 ismounted within t normally :e'xert'a' sliglht pressure a 1 and oailse .the teeth 4 'to'become, mes ed with the teethl2 of the body. 1 A plug to' retainithe s ring compressed against the'member 6. T e arms. 8 are preferably formed 'by-theprotruding endsof a pin fitted into a transverse aperture formed in body Land :is

e outer portion of thevrecess 7 to teeth 14 are "ammunifor medbupon the a slot9 into engagement with. the

e arms'8wil1 'e caused Ohadvance the actuating member along thet a 7 Y 12,; is threaded: into the outer end of the rewExtensions 13 and 1d are formed upon the ends of the body to engage an object to b turned. I ofany desired shape These extensionsmay be made "particular method of requirement "of anly drawings. I have il' application. In ..t

lust-rated the extensions as square n shanks adapted to meet the such as are adapted: for insertion into. the v ends of socket-wrenches and the like.- However, the extensions may be recessed as shown or ot erv'vise adapted for eonneotioniwith an object or tool'to be rotated b a ratchet in'thewell known'manner. In t upon opposite ends of'the body 1v shouldbe the same sothat either end of the body. may be applied t'oi the object 'to be-turned'for a reason thatwill hereinafter'appear. I f

QThe operation of 'my improvedwratehet is as follows: The actuating memberbein mounted u on the body as above describe the'body. is .connected tothe object to be turned by means ofone of the extensions formed upon ing member is now moved in-the direction of incline of the. teeth "2 and the teeth 4 meshing therewith the natural tendency of such movement being to advance the actuating member along the spiral teeth-oi the body, until further movement in that direcshoulder 16 formed within-the member 3 engages the. inner ends of the teeth '2. "Further movement of the actuating" member then causes v each s connec tion-itlshouldbe noted that the extensions 'in'Fi 4'to fit overj anobjeotto be turned,

the ends thereof, The actuat- I an axial recess and a 4. A ratchet comprising a body having an axial recess and a longitudinal y disposed slot formed therein and provided withplurality of spiral teeth; an actuati recess of the body and provided with arms 10 extending outwardly through the sides of the slot into engagement with'the actuating member; and a spring mounted within the recess and arranged to exert a {pressure against-t the member within recess'whereby the of said member may be caused to advances-the actuating member "into a normally {operative position with theteeth thereof in meshing relation with the teeth of the body.

5. A ratchet comprising a body having longitudinally disposed slot formed therein and provided with a pluralit of spiral teeth; an actuatin member sli ably and rotatably mounte upon the body and provided with a plurality of teeth corresponding to the teeth of the body; a member slidably mounted within the axial recess of the body and provided with arms extending outwardly through the sides of the slot into engagement with the actuating member; a spring mounted within the recess and arranged to exert a pressure against the member within the recess whereby the arms of said member may be caused to advance the actuating member into a normally operative position with the teeth thereof-in meshing relation with the teeth of the body; and means for connecting the b0 y to an object to be turned.

In witness whereof I hereunto set my signature.

FRANK H. SOVEREIGN. 

